Bill Text: IL SR0821 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizes the Earthrise Energy-owned Lincoln Generating Facility on being named a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site by the Safety Program of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the past 21 years. Wishes the facility and its staff continued success.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-05 - Referred to Assignments [SR0821 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0821-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
recognize the Earthrise Energy-owned Lincoln Generating
Facility on the occasion of being named a Voluntary Protection
Program (VPP) Star Site by the Safety Program of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the
past 21 years; and
WHEREAS, OSHA's VPP recognizes employers and workers in
the private industry and federal agencies who have implemented
effective safety and health management systems and maintain
injury and illness rates below the U.S. Bureau of Labor's
statistical national averages for their respective industries,
and its Star designation is the program's highest level of
recognition; and
WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility is the property
of Earthrise Energy, a public benefit corporation (PBC) and an
independent power producer with a mission to reduce power
sector greenhouse gas emissions faster than ever before; the
company acquires, owns, and operates legacy fossil fuel assets
and repurposes the transmission infrastructure for renewable
energy development projects, bringing them online faster than
typical greenfield renewable energy projects; the company has
a gas-fired generation capacity of 1.7 gigawatts and a solar

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development pipeline of more than 2 gigawatts; and
WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility is a natural gas
peaker plant located in Manhattan and operated by Consolidated
Asset Management Services (CAMS) employees on behalf of
Earthrise Energy, and it is one of five natural gas peaker
plants based in Illinois owned by Earthrise Energy; the
facility provides 656 megawatts of capacity, delivering
important grid reliability services during periods of peak
electricity demand; and
WHEREAS, The Lincoln Generating Facility's safety and
health management programs met the high quality standards
expected of VPP participants, and it was noted by OSHA that the
facility leads by example and supports the implementation of
continuous improvement; and
WHEREAS, Employees of the Lincoln Generating Facility
strive to foster a culture that emphasizes safety and
excellence every day, and the facility's successful
recertification as a Star Site for over two decades is a direct
result of its workers' continued commitment to operational
excellence; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the

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Earthrise Energy-owned Lincoln Generating Facility on being
named a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site by the
Safety Program of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) for the past 21 years, and we wish the
facility and its staff continued success; and be it further